Nice people thread part 5 - nicely does it

Wheezy_2

That's handy, you can wash your feet while having a poo.

lemonjelly

chewmylegoff wrote: »

My first choice was a uni requiring AAA which I missed by one grade. I thought I would walk in regardless but it didn't work out that way. What went wrong for me was that there were only 10 places on the course. Others at my school missed their offers for the same uni by five or six grades and still got in (to the same department as well!)

I was right effed off at the time. So anyway, it's more of a gamble for small oversubscribed courses, but I suppose that was pretty obvious without me saying it!

Where I went, I missed out by one point to do the degree of choice. One point!

Like you, I was initially effed off. Rang the uni hoping to get in & they told me no way. They then offered me a place on a different course, & I took it without thinking.

Loved it!:) Speaking to people on the course I wanted to do, I suspect I'd have hated it...

So all the planning can come down to nothing but a decision made on a whim, as I knew nothing at all about the degree course I took.:o

lemonjelly

Wheezy wrote: »

That's handy, you can wash your feet while having a poo.

I think they're lost on the old locked thread, but some posters (sorry Viva, you're the one I remember) sound like that's exactly what they could have done with recently...

tomterm8

Wheezy wrote: »

That's handy, you can wash your feet while having a poo.

Or, you can pee in the shower, and not have to clean the shower out after

chewmylegoff

lemonjelly wrote: »

Where I went, I missed out by one point to do the degree of choice. One point!

Like you, I was initially effed off. Rang the uni hoping to get in & they told me no way. They then offered me a place on a different course, & I took it without thinking.

Loved it!:) Speaking to people on the course I wanted to do, I suspect I'd have hated it...

So all the planning can come down to nothing but a decision made on a whim, as I knew nothing at all about the degree course I took.:o

it was definitely more about the university than the course for me, and most of my friends i think. basically everyone wanted to go somewhere which would give that a credible degree, and that they could get drunk a lot. i did have an interview at oxford, but didn't like it and wasn't too upset when i got rejected (although obviously my pride took a bit of a bash). seeing what people who went there had to do, i'm not upset about not getting in, in retrospect.

sadly the days when you chose somewhere to go on the basis that it seemed like the best option for getting drunk a lot are probably gone for most. i think you'd have to be far more sensible about it if you were going to rack up a £30k debt in the process, and need to think carefully about whether the course was justified and whether it would actually increase your earning power. a bit sad that people have to make fundamental decisions like that so early in life, but i guess its just the reality of where we are.

PasturesNew

chewmylegoff wrote: »

... think carefully about whether the course was justified and whether it would actually increase your earning power. a bit sad that people have to make fundamental decisions like that so early in life, but i guess its just the reality of where we are.

And is that data actually available?

Your personal attributes are ..... and you live in ..... and expect to live in ..... or .... once you have a degree.... [a] Are there any jobs that you could do there, with that? How much do they pay? [c] Is it a growing job or a dying job in the next 5-8 years?

There isn't even any "now" data on "how many jobs of type X are there within Y miles of ....."

lemonjelly

lostinrates wrote: »

Food on a tastingmmenu is meant to be amoung the best food offered by top chefs in the country. It is not sustainance but appreciation of art and produce. Compare it to tickets for music at top venues, to theatre tickets with big name star, to tickets for top league spoting events.....
This is food planned by those at the top of their discipline, cooked by those trained by them, and in usually nice surroundings. To pay for the surroundings, and a devent wage for people in kitchen and front of house its goiong to cost more. Its skewed by the abbys,al psuedo food at the bottom of the industry...caghe reared, and preped by machines and people on what is rarely a decent living wage or lifestyle. Paying seems reasonable to me.

I don't think it fares that badly in comparision.

I was thinking about this last night. The more I think about it, the less I can justify paying £100 for something that I'm basically going to turn into poo...:eek:

PasturesNew

lemonjelly wrote: »

I was thinking about this last night. The more I think about it, the less I can justify paying £100 for something that I'm basically going to turn into poo...:eek:

Wealthy and educated people get to eat the finest of foods - and don't even have to turn all their food into waste as it's done for them http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2089245/Pee-Soup-MLud-Police-probe-judges-court-lunches-spiked-urine.html

lostinrates

lemonjelly wrote: »

I was thinking about this last night. The more I think about it, the less I can justify paying £100 for something that I'm basically going to turn into poo...:eek:

Lj, tbh i find that a little offensive but possibly why it wouldn 't be worth it to you.

Its not the process of digestion..the same for whatever you eaqt, but everything That goes with that... Not just excellent of taste but also including the produce that goes into the meal, thanks to fashion meat and animal products tend to be more ethically soruced at that price...though not universally, and employment. Thank fully, among other things, in such establishments being for example, waiting staff is treated aspirationally and with respect. To me its part of transfer of wealth and valuing others work....the chef yes, but the front of house staff, who like on the continent are people who don't view waiting as a mcjob but as something to be well remunerated for and do well. A very unbritish attitude out side some places, gradually being erorded.

lostinrates

PasturesNew wrote: »

Wealthy and educated people get to eat the finest of foods - and don't even have to turn all their food into waste as it's done for them http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2089245/Pee-Soup-MLud-Police-probe-judges-court-lunches-spiked-urine.html

:eek: thats my favourite court too. Nice place outside to eat you apple and sarnie at lunch time.